Patience for patients

Well I just got my second PRP injection yesterday. Painful as it was before but this time I was ready for it mentally so it's not so bad. I had been training jiu jitsu and swimming the two weeks before that and while towards the end, there was some hip pain, the sharp stabbing pain has not returned. So I'd have to say that's some progress. I already have my third PRP scheduled for early June and even if I'm feeling really good then, I'll still go ahead and get it, just to be sure.

Now I haven't been pushing myself like I did before although I've rethought quite a bit about my reasons behind some of the weight training etc I was doing and I'm comfortable with cutting most of that out of my life permanently.

I may still need the surgery and will get it scheduled with Dr Byrd's office in July, but PRP has helped. I'm amazed at how few people know about it, especially in the FAI world but if I get a better measure of success I will do whatever I can to change that.

Reality sets in

It's been over 8 weeks since my PRP injection. And if I was the type of guy who enjoyed a leisurely walk as his primary physical activity, I would call everything a success. But since my hobbies tend to be a little more physical I had to start testing things out a little more seriously.

Yesterday was simply working technique on the mat. I really have done almost nothing physical since mid December. The result today is a marked increase in hip pain.

It's time to stop beating around the bush. I am scheduling arthroscopic hip surgery with Dr Byrd in Nashville, TN as soon as I can get it. Life is short and I want the physical aspect of mine back as soon as possible.